Daniel 1:9-11

Tree of Life Version

⁹ Now God caused the chief official to show mercy and compassion to Daniel. ¹⁰ But the chief official said to Daniel: “I fear my lord the king, who allotted your food and your drink. Why should he see your faces looking poorly, unlike the other youths your age? Then the king would have my head because of you.”

¹¹ Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah,